Mnemonics Worksheet: Choosing a Mnemonic

Memory techniques lesson 11: Choosing the right mnemonic · Set 662 · 40 questions

Memory tip (The right trick for the job): Acronym: VIBGYOR for the rainbow colours. First-letter sentence: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower. Rhyme: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”. Chunking: 9876543210 as 987 654 3210. Ask: is it a number, a list or one fact? Then choose chunking, an acronym or sentence, or a rhyme.

1. 1.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 26011950 as 26/01/1950? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
2. 2.True or false: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is true” — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔢 You want to remember the number 330250284436. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 3320 5028 4436 (b) 3302 5028 44436 (c) 3302 5028 436 (d) 3302 5028 4436
5. 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Six sevens, forty-two — a fact that’s always true”? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
6. 6.🧰 The first letters of your list are W, T, F, Q, X — no word. What helps? (a) an acronym word (b) nothing at all (c) chunking (d) a first-letter sentence
7. 7.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top, in order: root, stem, leaf, flower? (a) RSLF (b) FLSR (c) SLFR (d) SRLF
8. 8.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) an acronym (c) a mind map (d) chunking
11. 11.🔢 You want to remember the number 939358089014. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 9393 5808 9104 (b) 9393 5808 9014 (c) 9393 5089 014 (d) 9393 5808 89014
12. 12.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) chunking (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
13. 13.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wins Goats Sing (b) Wins Sing Goats (c) Goats Wins Sing (d) Sing Wins Goats
14. 14.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the colours of the Indian flag, top to bottom (saffron, white, green)? (a) Wet Seven Green (b) Wet Green Seven (c) Seven Wet Green (d) Green Wet Seven
15. 15.🧰 The first letters of your list already spell a word. Which is easiest? (a) a mind map (b) an acronym (c) a long story (d) chunking
16. 16.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: spoon, nest, owl? (a) Neat Old Sing (b) Sing Neat Old (c) Old Neat Sing (d) Neat Sing Old
17. 17.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔢 You want to remember the number 858152848. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 858 152 848 (b) 858 115 2848 (c) 858 152 488 (d) 851 528 48
19. 19.True or false: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag — that is a rhyme. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔢 You want to remember the number 6858601034. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 858 601 034 (b) 685 861 0034 (c) 685 886 01034 (d) 685 860 1034
21. 21.True or false: “Raju Sees Little Frogs” for root, stem, leaf, flower — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔢 You want to remember the number 435773812. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 435 778 12 (b) 435 773 812 (c) 435 773 8122 (d) 435 773 821
23. 23.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the first four months (January, February, March, April)? (a) All My Fly Jeeps (b) Fly Jeeps My All (c) Fly My All Jeeps (d) Jeeps Fly My All
24. 24.True or false: “Nani Eats Sweet Watermelon” for north, east, south, west — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, watch, tiger? (a) Toys Wet Mice (b) Mice Wet Toys (c) Wet Mice Toys (d) Wet Toys Mice
26. 26.True or false: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is an acronym. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: whistle, jug, banana? (a) Jeeps Wins Bunny (b) Wins Jeeps Bunny (c) Bunny Jeeps Wins (d) Jeeps Bunny Wins
29. 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: PAISA for the oceans, biggest first? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) an acronym (d) a first-letter sentence
30. 30.🧰 To learn a times-table fact like 7 × 8 = 56, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a rhyme (d) chunking
31. 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: mango, violin, guava, flute. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) VGFM (b) FGVM (c) VMGF (d) MVGF
32. 32.🔢 You want to remember the number 123819382168. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 1238 1938 218 (b) 1238 1933 82168 (c) 1238 1938 2168 (d) 1238 1938 1268
33. 33.True or false: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔢 You want to remember the number 832010714618. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 8321 0714 618 (b) 8320 1071 4618 (c) 8302 1071 4618 (d) 8320 1077 14618
35. 35.🔢 You want to remember the number 7293129522. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 729 312 99522 (b) 723 129 522 (c) 729 312 9522 (d) 729 132 9522
36. 36.True or false: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CEPC (b) CPCE (c) ECPC (d) ECCP
38. 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: duck, anchor, banana? (a) Dance Ants Bakes (b) Bakes Ants Dance (c) Ants Dance Bakes (d) Ants Bakes Dance
39. 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Silly White Goats” for saffron, white, green? (a) a rhyme (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) chunking
40. 40.📝 A list to learn, in order: flute, drum, urn, tiger, candle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) CTUDF (b) DFUTC (c) DUTCF (d) FDUTC

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